79.8% of behavioral health job listings on BehavioralHires state a pay rate or range: 6,140 of 7,696 active listings on October 6, 2026.
It varies widely by state, from 96.2% in Massachusetts to 56.4% in Florida among states with at least 40 listings.
14 states plus DC required a pay range in job postings on October 6, 2026.
Law list last checked against statute text or state labor departments on October 6, 2026.
In states whose law requires a pay range in the posting, 92.3% of behavioral health listings state pay (2,534 of 2,744).
Everywhere else it is 72.6% (3,546 of 4,881).
Listings count toward the state where the job is located.
| State | Law | In effect | Covers | Listings stating pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | C.R.S. § 8-5-201 | January 1, 2021 | 1+ employee in Colorado | 94.3% of 158 |
| California | Cal. Lab. Code § 432.3 | January 1, 2023 | 15+ employees | 96.2% of 453 |
| Washington | RCW 49.58.110 | January 1, 2023 | 15+ employees | 94.9% of 175 |
| New York | N.Y. Labor Law § 194-b | September 17, 2023 | 4+ employees | 87.8% of 115 |
| Hawaii | Act 203 (SLH 2023) | January 1, 2024 | 50+ employees | 55.6% of 9 |
| District of Columbia | D.C. Code § 32-1453.01 | June 30, 2024 | 1+ employee in DC | 82.5% of 40 |
| Maryland | Md. Lab. & Empl. § 3-304.2 | October 1, 2024 | All employers | 90.7% of 237 |
| Illinois | 820 ILCS 112/10(b-25) | January 1, 2025 | 15+ employees | 91.9% of 296 |
| Minnesota | Minn. Stat. § 181.173 | January 1, 2025 | 30+ employees in Minnesota | 85.5% of 55 |
| New Jersey | N.J.S.A. 34:6B-23 | June 1, 2025 | 10+ employees | 78.3% of 180 |
| Vermont | 21 V.S.A. § 495p | July 1, 2025 | 5+ employees | 61.5% of 13 |
| Massachusetts | M.G.L. c. 149 § 105F | October 29, 2025 | 25+ employees in Massachusetts | 96.2% of 452 |
| Virginia | Va. Code § 40.1-28.7:12 | July 1, 2026 | All employers | 95.7% of 461 |
| Maine | 26 M.R.S. § 622-A | July 29, 2026 | 10+ employees | 77.3% of 44 |
| Connecticut | Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-40z(b)(10), as amended by P.A. 26-12 | October 1, 2026 | 1+ employee | 91.1% of 56 |
Some national groups post pay everywhere, and some employers in law states still omit it.
This compares listing rates; it is not a measure of legal compliance.
Share of listings stating pay, for roles with at least 50 active listings from 10 or more employers.
Share of listings stating pay, for states with at least 40 active listings from 10 or more employers.
All figures come from the 7,696 active job listings on BehavioralHires on October 6, 2026, posted by 80 employers.
We removed 363 exact duplicates (same employer, title, city, state and pay range) first.
Posted pay is the midpoint of the range an employer advertises, or its single figure.
Hourly and annual postings are analyzed separately and never converted into each other.
Values below $5 or above $500 an hour, or below $15,000 or above $1,000,000 a year, are treated as data errors and dropped.
A listing states pay when it carries a usable hourly or annual figure after the checks above, or when its description gives a dollar wage, salary or pay range.
Dollar figures tied to bonuses, stipends, relocation or other benefits do not count, and listings that describe pay only in words (“competitive”, “DOE”) count as not stating pay.
14.6% of listings carry pay in a structured field; the rest of the listings that state pay give it only in the description text.
The five largest employers post 64.4% of all listings, so one employer’s posting policy can move a role or state figure.
These are advertised rates, not earnings.
They exclude bonuses and production pay unless an employer folds them into the posted range, and listings on a job board are not a random sample of all behavioral health jobs.
Figures are frozen for the Q4 2026 release and refreshed quarterly; earlier releases are not revised.
Corrected October 6, 2026: The first version of this release (October 6, 2026) missed wages written as “Pay: $20.00 per hour Benefits: 401(k)”, because the benefits list right after the wage was read as bonus wording.
It also counted “Pay Range: $0.00--$0.00” placeholders as stated pay.
Correcting both leaves the overall share at 79.8% and moves role figures by less than one point, for example mental health counselors from 87.4% to 86.8%.
BehavioralHires, “Behavioral Health Pay Transparency: Q4 2026 Job Listing Data,” Q4 2026 data release, listings snapshot of October 6, 2026. https://www.behavioralhires.com/research/data/behavioral-health-pay-transparency/
More first-party data: Remote Behavioral Health Jobs.
All research: BehavioralHires Research.
